Date of issue: 09 September 2023
Date of effect: 15 November 2023
Reference Number: N/A
Related MAAs: N/A
Attention:
- Industries—Industry bodies – Australian Food and Grocery Council
- Export establishments
- Exporters, AEPI and EXDOC users
- Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry —central and regional offices
Purpose
This Market Access Advice (MAA) is to notify exporters and industry that food products intended for sale in Thailand are required to provide nutrition labelling and Guideline Daily Amounts (GDA) labelling.
Summary of key points
The Thailand Ministry of Public Health requires food products have nutrition labelling and Guideline Daily Amounts (GDA) labelling.
To comply with GDA labelling, nutrient information (such as energy value, sugar, fat and sodium) in relation to the food must be declared in terms of percentage of Recommended Daily Intake (RDI) per package.
Food products required to bear nutrition labelling and Guideline Daily Amounts (GDAs) labelling are as follows:
(1) Snacks including:
(1.1) Fried or baked potato chips;
(1.2) Fried or baked corn;
(1.3) Rice crisps or extruded snack;
(1.4) Roasted or salty roasted or flavoured legumes/nuts/seeds;
(1.5) Fried or baked or flavoured seaweed;
(1.6) Fried or baked or flavoured meat-based snacks;
(1.7) Mixed snacks containing more than one type of snacks listed in (1.1) – (1.6)
(2) Chocolate and Chocolate flavoured like products
(3) Bakery products including:
(3.1) Crackers or biscuits;
(3.2) Filled wafers;
(3.3) Cookies;
(3.4) Cake;
(3.5) Pies and pastries, both with and without stuffing
(4) Semi - processed foods including:
(4.1) Noodles, sheets of rice noodle, wheat noodles, rice vermicelli and mung bean vermicelli;
(4.2) Boiled rice and rice porridge
(5) Chilled and frozen ready-to-eat meals
(6) Beverages
(6.1) Beverages which are produced from or contain fruits, edible plants or vegetables whether or not the carbon dioxide or oxygen gas is dissolved, except dried herbal tea drinks;
(6.2) Beverages which are produced from or contain other constituents which are not fruits, edible plants or vegetables, whether or not the carbon dioxide or oxygen gas is dissolved;
(6.3) Beverages according to (6.1) or (6.2) in dry form
(7) Ready-to-drink tea in liquid or dry form
(8) Ready-to-drink coffee in liquid or dry form
(9) Flavoured milk
(10) Fermented milk
(11) Other milk products
(12) Soy bean beverages
(13) Ready-to-eat ice cream
Please refer to the WTO notification for more information.
The information provided in this advice is current at the time of writing and is intended for use as guidance only and should not be taken as definitive or exhaustive. The Commonwealth endeavours to keep information current and accurate, however, it may be subject to change without notice. Exporters are encouraged to verify these details with their importers prior to undertaking production/exports. The Commonwealth will not accept liability for any loss resulting from reliance on information contained in this notice.
Further information
Contact ExportStandards@aff.gov.au if you have any queries.